No agreement by any individual to waive, release, or commute the individual's rights to benefits or any other rights under the North Dakota unemployment compensation law is valid. No agreement by any individual in the employ of any person or concern to pay all or any portion of an employer's contributions, required under the North Dakota unemployment compensation law from such employer, is valid. No employer may make, require, or accept, directly or indirectly, any deduction from wages to finance the employer's contributions required from the
employer, nor require nor accept any waiver of any right hereunder by any individual in the employer's employ. However, this section does not impair the operation of section 52-06-06.1.
52-06-32. Individual claiming benefits not to be charged fees by bureau - Fees of individual's attorney. A claimant may not be charged fees by the bureau or by any court or officer thereof in any proceeding under this chapter. Any party in any proceeding before the bureau may be represented by counsel or other duly authorized agent. A claimant's attorney's fees for representation in district court must be paid by the bureau, in an amount determined to be reasonable by the bureau, if the claimant finally prevails; however, the bureau may not pay attorney's fees if the claimant's attorney is employed by or contracting with a legal services organization funded totally or in part by public funds. A claimant's attorney's fees are those fees charged to the claimant by the attorney and which would otherwise be payable by the claimant to the attorney. The bureau may not pay attorney's fees for representation in any proceeding before the bureau or its representatives.